Runners-up to Little Boots in the BBC's Sound Of 2009 poll, White Lies' typically gloomy debut Death reached number 52 last autumn, while the title track of their album reached number 35 last week.

The album itself fares considerably better, taking advantage of a soft January market to debut at number one on first week sales of 28,916. It is only the fourth number one album for Universal's Fiction label in its 31 year history, following The Cure's Wish (1992), ...